this is amazing!

did he borrow that guitar from Steve Morse??? it looks just like his uber tele

very interesting to hear how much Jimmy Herring had been influenced by Steve Morse at that time. obviously his chops were awesome even then, but he has developped a totally distinct and personal voice since. today you can tell Steve's and Jimmy's playing apart after just a couple of notes.

Hell Yeah!

Wow very impressive this is some of the best Fast Country Chicken Pickn' i've heard yet with full band instrumental and check it out...from 1985 unbelievable !!!

fantastic

Can you say Dixie Dregs!

I beg to differ... Love Steve Morse but Jimmy's playing is on a whole other level than what you see here. Jimmy is one of (my opinion of course) greatest guitar players of this era.

wow! great playing! and nice to see Jimmy in his 20ies and to realize that he was allready then a master of the 6 strings :-) thanks for uploading this gem!

Jimmys bad ass killing it

Steve Morse is the KING , and Jimmy Herring is second in command !!!

So...Jimmy Herring plays today with the same technique and chops he's had since at least 1985...OMG...

wow ….:)

Keep em coming Todd! Awesome Herring tune! thanks for posting

Jesus, did Herring ever suck?

Very well stated. honk if you saw the Dave Matthews Band opening for ARU back when ARU was opening for Phish.

I had the Monsters are here tape and wore it completely out! Where can we get this tape or CD now??

Damn. Just Damn.

Listen to all that reverb and delay!! Love this guy!

Jimmy was very heavily influenced by Steve Morse, so it makes sense. You are right though. He sounds a lot like Steve Morse in this video, especially the chorus tone.

Jimmy's guitar looks like Steve Morse"s guitar and he sounds like him ... no slag just observation great jam. Todd is the bomb

you rock!!!! \ . /

Amazing!

hell yeah

Insane!

There were lots of kids at GIT in 1984/1985 practicing hours each day that couldn't pull that off. So I disagree that "anyone with hundreds of hours" can do that. You also have to remember that Jimmy was in his early to mid 20s when that video was shot. He wasn't trying to show off his originality. He was showing that he could duplicate a Steve Morse song as well anyone. Jimmy has his own unique style now. Its evolved quite a bit from that 26 year old clip.

WOW! Todd, you're an amazing player, I'd love you to be my personal country guitar coach! Unfortunately I live in Germany where I'm halfway to fame with my kind of playing, but the real deal are people like Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Brad Paisley, Johnny Hiland ... and you! I love the way how you are dancing in the studio while recording some serious stuff. Or was it a playback take after the actual recording? Anyway, great job, man. If you were a girl, I'd kiss you all over! Cheers, Chris.

@chrisgreenley Yes

hell yeah, if anyone knows any links to any other OLD herring videos i would be very appreciative

im no country fan but woah...thats hot

love how casual they look to when they play.

@swamirob Just opened for Jimmy last night in Lancaster PA!!! I have been a huge since ARU. Unbelievably one of a kind... As far as Jimmy covering a Steve Morse tune: If he's truly playing it note for note.... that would sound ridiculous to say Jimmy played it better. None of the less, two guitar gods! This is a treat thanks for posting!

monster! lov it!!

That's pretty much note for note! Great song and if you can play Steve Morse pretty much note for note, you've got some technical skills.

pure talent and pure technique guys!!

Awesome.

After watching this a few times, the only thing I can say is: this fuckin' guy.

OK THANKS A LOT! Im baffled, that is just stiiiupid awesome and sooo cool im not a country boy but who needs to be to apreciate that My kudos to you Brow

A "whole tone" is a fancy word for a two fret interval of pitch. So if you play the 3rd string open (G) and then play the 3rd string 2nd fret (A), you've just played an interval of a whole tone. A "whole tone scale" is just a scale that goes up in two fret intervals. So if you play the 3rd string open, then at the 2nd fret, then at the 4th fret, then at the 6th fret etc. You're playing a whole tone scale. Its not a scale that's typically used in country music. Its more common in Jazz.

awesome!

very awesome......

Very interesting post, cool stuff. Jimmy totally smokes, I could listen to him play Steve Morse music all day. Let's not lose sight of the fact that he is playing a Morse song, on a guitar clearly inspired by Steve's early Tele, and even seems to be doing the Morse trick of bringing the delay in with a volume pedal. Awesome player and performance, but he's immitating. Steve was the creative force behind this .

Absolutely incredible playing, Todd. Wonderful music.

Cool, thanks. That sounds great.

Next go to the 10th pos, Do the EXACT same lick mentioned above, except with a different rhythm. Triplet then quarter note rather than 8th notes in part one. For the right hand, all notes played on the 2nd string are played with the middle finger of the right hand, all notes played on the 3rd and 4th strings are played with the pick.

Its a whole tone scale. 2nd string 2nd fret, 3rd string 4th fret, pull off to 3rd string 2nd fret, then the 4th string 3rd fret (F note). Run started on C#, then goes down in whole tones (ie 2 fret intervals) all the way down to F, leave OUT the G note in the whole tone scale. 4 notes total, pull off on the 3rd string. After you've played those 4 notes, go up two frets to 4th position and repeat the EXACT same lick, Go up two more frets, repeat in 6th position. last note is 2nd string 8th Fret.

What the heck is the sexuplet thing @ 2:45? That's awesomazing. Really, how are you doing that?

best cover of "On the Pipe" or of ANY Morse tune for that matter on KZbin. The other guys fall short of Jimmy Herring .

the best cover of this I've heard / on KZbin - and to think at the time it was new, in another words - Jimmy Herring learned it note for note very rapidly. Damn, i'm still working on "Pipe" - not an easy task!

Wow--that was smoking!!